Even though I ran the marathon last year, I’m still surprising myself with what I can do. I guess because during last years training the farthest I got to was 16 miles, I still had doubt that anything over that I could do.
So I finished the 20 miles and did it in a time that blew me away… 3:11, which equals 9:33 miles. I was shocked. I didn’t think I could sustain that pace the whole time. It just gave me so much courage for the SD RnR. Up until the 20 miler, I was constantly in doubt and stressing over the 26.2 miles. This gave me a renewed belief that YES, I can do it. After I stopped running for a few seconds and thought in my head, “wow, I DID it”, I started to choke up. I think I need to have more faith in myself… self-doubt will get you nowhere. It’s believing in yourself that let’s you achieve. With the 20 miles under my belt, I KNOW I can do this, and it’s only up to me to keep that thought in my head.
